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If we don’t who will?

November 15, 2016 by johnnoltner

It’s a week after the election and I still don’t have the answer I’ve been looking for. My candidate lost. There were plenty of things I didn’t love about Hillary. She is too hawkish for my taste, too corporate. But I voted for her. She won in my state of Minnesota. She won the popular vote in the nation, but in the electoral college…where it matters as we’ve set up our institutions…she lost. So we can talk about strategy. We […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: bully, citizens, election, Hispanic, humanity, immigrant, internment camps, LGBT, marginalized, Muslim, protect, Trump, United States, vigilant, women

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Talat Hamdani

September 12, 2016 by johnnoltner

Like all of us, I have a clear memory of that day 15 years ago. I remember the replayed television footage, the quiet skies. I was scheduled to leave for Africa on September 17. So little made sense and even less felt certain. Since that day I have been to Ground Zero three times. The first time, it was still a construction zone. Most recently, we toured the moving museum at the site. We found the name of Thomas Burnett, who […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: 9-11, a peace of my mind, American Stories, APoMM, Ground Zero, healing, listen, Muslim, New York, NYC, peace, stories

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Maham Khan

June 21, 2016 by johnnoltner

“We can find peace together, or we can be left desiring.” Maham Khan was in her first year at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois in 2001. At the time, her Muslim faith was very private to her and she didn’t speak about it publicly. As a new student, she recognized the need to gain leadership experience and decided to join the Muslim Student Association, which had been somewhat dormant for years. At the first meeting, she was elected president. It […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: dialog, interfaith, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, mypeace, peace, photography, political correctness, portrait

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again

June 13, 2016 by johnnoltner

Words escape me. Many years ago, a man said this to me: “Don’t work against what you hate, work for what you love.” There’s a world of difference between the two. As the chaos of our world swirls around us, and some preach hate while others spew anger, I return to the only thing that makes sense to me. A Peace of My Mind will seek out what is good and raise it up as a model of what is possible. […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: APoMM, GLBT, love, Muslim, mypeace, Orlando, peace, scapegoat

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Let me reassure you

November 16, 2015 by johnnoltner

To my Muslim friends who are being asked to reassure us that you are not “one of them”…allow me a moment to reassure you…

Categories: Blog, Life, Uncategorized • Tags: a peace of my mind, dialog, diversity, listening, Muslim, peace, social justice, stories

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Manar

October 26, 2015 by johnnoltner

A few weeks ago I installed the exhibit at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The opening reception was a peace dinner. I spoke about the project and some of the stories I had encountered and then a couple people from the Carthage community spoke about their understanding of peace as well. Manar Mohammad, a student at Carthage was one of them. One of the great joys of working on this project is all of the interesting and thoughtful people I have met […]

Categories: Blog, Guests, Life • Tags: a peace of my mind, Carthage, dialog, diversity, Muslim, peace, social justice, stories

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